VietNamNet Bridge - Expanding the scale of their business and jumping into new business fields is the path being followed by conglomerates with powerful financial capability.

 Culture Trip, a London-based travel site, has recommended that tourists visit Hue and Hoi An in central Vietnam at least once in their life.

 Telecom operator Viet Nam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) reached a consolidated profit of VNĐ5.01 trillion (US$220 million), a year-on-year increase of 21 per cent.

Attractive holiday tours are giving residents and visitors a wide range of choices to see the most beautiful, interesting and historical parts of the country. 

Foreign arrivals to Vietnam hit a record high of more than 13 million people this year, a year-on-year increase of 30%.

Vietnam representative Tran Thu Hanh has surpassed many candidates from different nations to rank among top 12 finalists of Mrs. World 2017 beauty pageant.

 Vietnam’s stock market and fund certificate value reached 3.36 quadrillion VND (148.17 billion USD) in 2017, equivalent to 74.6 percent of the country’s GDP. 

A counter-terrorism exercise was held at Cam Ranh International Airport on December 26. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nostalgia and memories of the past were the biggest inspirations for designer Trinh Bich Thuy in her latest collection of padded jackets, presented yesterday in Hanoi.

Taiwanese apparel maker Eclat Fabrics has requested permission to increase dyeing production capacity in its Ba Ria-Vung Tau factory from 10% of the factory’s output to 100 percent.

Doctors at Paediatrics Hospital 1 and the Hospital for Traumatology and Orthopaedics in HCM City worked as a surgical team to remove a large noncancerous tumour from the ribcage of a 12-year-old boy

 Hanoi has experienced a new cold snap with drizzle, causing certain difficulties for life of local residents.

Fugitive oil executive Trinh Xuan Thanh, who fled to Europe, is facing the death penalty for million-dollar losses at State-owned PetroVietnam, while its former Chairman Dinh La Thang may receive 20 years in prison for his poor management.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has signed a decision to develop nearly 1.3 hectares of depots by 2030 with an estimated investment of VND20trn (USD881m) to VND22trn.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over the last 10 years, Vietnam has been able to stabilise its population growth, and authorities have shifted their focus to population quality.

 The banking sector’s profits were anticipated to rise significantly in 2017, driven by the handling of bad debts and the recovery of the property sector.

A court in HCM City yesterday began to hear the case of 15 people who allegedly plotted to use petrol bombs to blow up Tan Son Nhat International Airport as the country was preparing to celebrate Liberation Day, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People’s Committee has sought Government approval to set off fireworks to mark New Year and Tet (the Lunar New Year).

The rapid growth of digital media, how traditional media can compete with social media and how the media can ensure its financial survival were among the main issues discussed at the annual national conference 

 The Ministry of Health has asked Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc for more time to issue circulation numbers for certain medical equipment (categories B, C, D) by January 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A collection of 132 works on truc chi, an artistic handmade paper, is on show at a visual art exhibition in Hue.

 The HCM City People’s Court on Monday sentenced Huynh Ngoc Den to four years in prison for illegally accessing computer networks, telecommunication networks, internet and digital devices of others.

 The Ministry of Transportation (MoT) on Monday announced eight public-private-partnership (PPP) investment projects under the build-operation-transfer (BOT) form on the Eastern North-South expressway for 2017-2020.  

 Six primary school students exhibiting unusual behaviour were suspected to suffer from dissociation disorder, according to a report director of the Dak Lak Department of Health Doanh Huu Long sent to the Ministry of Health last week.

 The annual Binh Duong Television International Football Cup (BTV Cup) will be organised in late January instead of the customary December.